...” vs “Apparent” Motion: Preferred-Frame Reasoning Scope Operational Definitions Velocity and Displacement Overview: A Fundamental Challenge in Relativity Learning and its Resolution Making Sense of Student Reasoning: Operational Definitions of Kinematical Quantities Displacement: A Shark Near...

... review by Hahn and Klein (2022) . Here we will mention PER studies using eye tracking for the investigation of students' understanding of graphs. Early eye-tracking studies on understanding graphs included graphs from kinematics ( Kekule, 2014 ) and other topics in physics such as spectrometry, gas laws...

...Table 19.1 Commonly used conceptual tests in physics. MCT: Multiple-Choice Test. Instrument Content Intended population Format of instruments Reference ^a Mechanics Force Concept Inventory (FCI) Force, kinematics High school, introductory college, university...

... I_c Current H Humidity F Force F_o Resonance frequency M Types of materials V_vol Volume O Optical components Table 6.2 Learning outcomes and equipment in kinematics. Topic area...

... Educational games Educational game example: Motion Mapper Motion Mapper is a game with an explicit aim to strengthen students’ ability to interpret kinematic graphs by linking them to perceivable motion in one dimension (see Fig. 21.7 ). The game has two modes: one where the user must figure out...

... measurements of kinematic graphs. Springuel et al. (2007) applied CLA to understand student reasoning about 2D kinematic graphs. Stewart et al. (2012) used CLA to examine the progression of the consistency of students answering isomorphic questions. Fazio and Battaglia (2019) applied...

...) , for example, analyzed the concept maps on vector-kinematics of 28 pre-service physics teachers in South Africa. Similar to Diakidoy and Iordanou (2003) and Kariotoglou et al. (2009) they also found that pre-service teachers had several misconceptions about vector kinematics and referred...

...” ( Viennot, 1979 ). Viennot drew both on cognitive psychology, mainly Piaget (1973) , as well as on the history and philosophy of science, mainly Koyré (1966) . Trowbridge and McDermott (1980) followed shortly after with a study of students' reasoning in kinematics. They began with an “individual...

....   2 . Sommer , W. , Physics 10th Grade—Statics—Kinematics—Dynamics ( Pädagogische Forschungsstelle Kassel , Kassel , 2022 ). Sommer , W. , Physics in Waldorf Schools ( Pädagogische Forschungsstelle Kassel , Kassel , 2021 ). Steiner , R. , Goethean Science ( Mercury...

... to the application of a solution. For example, the color of an object undergoing uniform circular motion is a surface feature that does not affect the kinematics and dynamics of the situation. Although only deep structural similarities between problem situations are needed for productive transfer, surface features...

... for students of grade 9 ( Mualem and Eylon, 2010 ). It proved to be successful for the understanding of Newtons laws and was transferred to the topic of energy by Lehavi et al. (2019) . Also, for introducing kinematics with two-dimensional motions to students of grade 7 (age 12 to 13...

... et al. (2013) investigated university students' understanding of graphs in different domains: mathematics and physics (kinematics). Their results suggest that mathematics without context is easier for students than solving physics problems which require an understanding of context. Niss (2017...

... is “adding” or “combining” when students think of what happens when two pulses meet. One identified readout strategy is “object as point.” This strategy is very useful in kinematics and dynamics, and even sometimes in wave mechanics. Apparently, when faced with a pulse, students focus on just the peak...

... understand basic kinematics. Specifically, students measure the motion of a wheelchair-user rolling down a ramp and discuss the kinematics and/or forces. Similarly, Bülbül (2009) discusses access for visually impaired students when learning about optics. The author developed instructional materials called...